Saturday night in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, long reigning WBA and WBO light flyweight champion Yesica Yolanda Bopp (27-1, 12 KO’s) made a successful move to the flyweight division, defeating WBO super flyweight title holder Daniela Romina Bermudez (16-3-2, 5 KO’s) in the nights headlining contest to win the vacant WBO flyweight championship. With the disadvantage in … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
World light flyweight champion Yesica Bopp (26-1, 12 KO’s) retained the WBA and WBO titles in Argentina with a second round stoppage over Ana Fernandez (14-7, 10) at Club Los Padres Capuchinos. The victory also earned her the WBA’s “Super” world title. After a slow first round, it took less than a minute into the second for Bopp to finish off the challenger. A right hand … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a busy week for the women: female fight action kicked off mid-week with a seven bout, all-female card in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on Wednesday night. Headlining the card was Westbury, N.Y.’s Alicia Ashley (20-9-1, 2 KO’s) defending the WBC super-bantamweight championship against Zenny Sotomayor (10-6-2, 8 KO’s). The challenger didn’t have what it takes to hang … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
The WBO and WBA light flyweight world champion, Yesica Bopp (24-0, 11 KO’s), made a successful defense of her belts Saturday night in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bopp faced Carolina Alvarez (10-5-2, 7 KO’s), who was fighting in Argentina for the first time. The difference in skill was obvious from the start, as the champion used her superior technique, hand, and foot speed to … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
A triple header of womens boxing took place in Bayern, Germany Saturday night. Two world title bouts and a non-title 10 rounder, headlined by the return of the former WIBF lightweight champion, Rola El Halabi, who suffered what appeared to be career ending injuries in April of 2011 when she was shot by her step father, Roy El Halabi. In January of 2011, Rola had terminated … [Read more...]